Illinois is about 8 times bigger than New Caledonia.

New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 675% larger than New Caledonia. Meanwhile, the population of New Caledonia is ~297,160 people (12.5 million more people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of New Caledonia vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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